Both Uses of
Amsterdam
in
The Laughing Man
- Every schoolday afternoon at three o'clock, twenty-five of us Comanches were picked up by our Chief outside the boys' exit of P. S .165, on 109th Street near Amsterdam Avenue.†
*Amsterdam = largest city of the Netherlands
- One wintry day in April, after making his usual three o'clock pickup at 109th and Amsterdam, the Chief turned the loaded bus east at 110th Street and cruised routinely down Fifth Avenue.†
Definition:
largest city of the Netherlands; known for its canals, museums, and multiculturalism